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HOGARTH ILLUSTRATED.
MARRIAGE A LA MODE.
" *Tis from high life our characters are drawn."
An his preceding prints, Mr. Hogarth generally
pointed his satire at persons in a subordinate si-
tuation, and took his examples from (he inferior
ranks of society. From the situation of his cha- I
ractcrs, and the minute precision with which he
displayed the scenes he professed to delineate, we
sometimes sec little violations of that decorum
which is, perhaps necessary, in engravings profess-
edly designed for furniture. For this neglect of
delicacy some of his plates were censured. To re-
move all apprehensions of this series being liable
to the same objections, they were thus announced
in the London Daily Post of April 7th, 1743 :
" Mr. Hogarth intends to publish, by subscrip-
" tion, six prints, from copper-plates, engraved by
" the best masters in Paris after his own paint-
" ings; the heads, for the better preservation of
MARRIAGE A LA MODE.
" *Tis from high life our characters are drawn."
An his preceding prints, Mr. Hogarth generally
pointed his satire at persons in a subordinate si-
tuation, and took his examples from (he inferior
ranks of society. From the situation of his cha- I
ractcrs, and the minute precision with which he
displayed the scenes he professed to delineate, we
sometimes sec little violations of that decorum
which is, perhaps necessary, in engravings profess-
edly designed for furniture. For this neglect of
delicacy some of his plates were censured. To re-
move all apprehensions of this series being liable
to the same objections, they were thus announced
in the London Daily Post of April 7th, 1743 :
" Mr. Hogarth intends to publish, by subscrip-
" tion, six prints, from copper-plates, engraved by
" the best masters in Paris after his own paint-
" ings; the heads, for the better preservation of